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TIL that Arthur used to actually look like an aardvark

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Xy8X TIL there is a professional Indian cricketer named ‘Napoleon Einstein’ and when asked about his unusual name, said: “We don’t believe in God. In our family, we’re rationalists. Other people are named Krishna and Ram after Gods, so we were named Einstein and Napoleon after great people.”
aElM TIL The only Japanese who survived the Titanic lost his job because he became known as a coward in Japan for not dying with the other passengers.
myEv TIL that in 2013 a 200-year-old law was removed in Paris that forbid women from wearing pants.
lAbB TIL that the first African American actor to have a reoccurring role on a kids’ TV show was Francois Clemmons, who played Officer Clemmons on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He initially did not want to play the role because he had a negative view of police officers.
rRR94 TIL Sachertorte, the famous Viennese chocolate cake, was invented by the royal pastry chef's 16-year-old apprentice.